Why is Meiosis called Reduction Division?
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The process of meiosis involves two divisions of the genetic material. The first division is called the reduction division – or meiosis I – because it reduces the number of chromosomes from 46 chromosomes or 2n to 23 chromosomes or n (n describes a single chromosome set).
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Meiosis is called reduction division because the number of chromosomes in the daughter cells are half that of the parent cell.
Significance of Meiosis:
1. Meiosis reduces the chromosome number to half in the daughter cells of the gamete forming cells. This helps maintains a constant chromosome number for a species when zygote is formed
2. During meiotic division variations occur due to crossing over between maternal and paternal chromosomes or the homologous pair during Prophase I of meiosis I.
3. Further the random combinations of maternal and paternal chromosomes during Anaphase I leads to a distinct chromosomal composition in all the 4 daughter cells.
4. The variations thus produced leads to evolution